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Comment by Atrashor

Comment by Cocomatona

Let's hope it doesn't get shot down before making it to live. If I remember correctly there were plans for a portable mailbox for engineering in the BC beta but it got axed.

Comment by Bonechatters

Sounds like engineers will have an easier time farming. no more bank trips O.o

Comment by foxrings

I have engineering on my tankadin now.And the main reason why i had it, was so i could have a ranged pull that would not break rogue sap.

Well the Avenger's Shield does that now anyway...and there is an entry lvl BoE epic helm from blacksmithing reported

So im scratching my head wondering what engineering is going to have for me in WoLK

If they do make the AH bot and this Mailbox bot..It might be enough reason for me not to take up JCingThey had a mail box in the BC beta that never made it out cause stuff was getting lost in the mail.

It states in the description that it takes "bids" that means you won't be able to post auctions in it. That'll limit its usefulness but also makes it more likely Blizzard will keep it in.

If this is the case that will weaken my justification for Engineering over JCAlthough i doubt i'll personally make use of it for my own sales anyway (i'll drop it for others)I make frequent use of the repair bot now. Its use has saved many of my groups from falling apart when struggling with Heroic MgT

Blizzard has stated time and again that they want us to travel back to the Old World for the AH, trainers, and the like. Perhaps we'll just have to go back for trainers? I wonder what kind of frame loss you'd get when going: "Opening an AH in Dalaran." Would be even better if Engineers got a cut of the Auction's cut.

Comment by dishwasha

I was corrected when wrong. Thanks.

Comment by rambaral

I can see maybe if one or more raid members just bought a flask or other consumable before a raid and forgot to visit the mailbox, you can pop one and save some time instead of having to port and re-summon them.

As for a non-raid use, if someone just can't drop a single item and they must mail something to an alt, using it is an option - albeit an expensive one.

Either way it's another long-dormant item finally getting its due, and the more gadgets we get to make, the better

Comment by Akivasha

Blizzard does not like bottomless bags, still, the cooldown of 24 hours is too harsh.

Comment by emero510

Pretty sure it's reusable, just has a long cooldown.

Also this could be great for raiding, just mail yourself, via an alt, a bunch of pots and elixirs and buff food, whatever you can't fit in your bags and might run out of. Mid-raid, plop one of these next to the repair bot to restock yourself.

Comment by Peeveepee

Since it's not stackable it's most likely reusable. I'll try to check it when I'll get my eng to required level.

Comment by Peeveepee

So I made it and tested it.

Facts:

It IS reusable i.e does not destroy itself on use.

You can mail the mailbox itself, doing so will reset its cooldown for one who received the mail. If you send it back to character you used it with, it will get cooldown again.

After 5 minutes mailbox will just fade away.

It has unique model and does not look like any other mailbox (screenshot submitted)

Comment by AnrDaemon

And it could say you "can't be used indoors". It's Blizzard, mate... (speculation)

EDIT: Can't say it is expensive. Even trash items at 60+ costs tens of silver. While mailing cost only 30 copper.You can, actually, make money with it.

Also I think that everyone can use this mailbox, not just one who created it. So it will save money in a bulk. (Tested - everyone can use it, it's just standard mailbox)

Comment by shadowaninja

Since this item doesn't bind to you, you can actually pass this thing to other engineers in the raid if the need for it arises.

Since people have been commenting on its CD I'll explain how it works. The CD is not tied to the item, it is actually tied to you. This allows people to pass the item around the raid to engineers of the appropriate level. Just make sure to get it back. :)

Edit: As of Cataclysm it is now bind on use.

Comment by sfd18

As of November 15th 2008 this can NOT be put in the Engineer specific toolboxes.

Comment by Blackboy0

Haha, lucky Engineer's :) I now wish I was an Engineer...

And yes, reference to Disney's WALL-E

Comment by flump

For those wondering, MOLL-E can be used to send/receive mail by anyone of the same faction, regardless of whether you're grouped with them or not.

The opposite faction cannot use it - similar to how a Warlock's Ritual of Souls or a Mage's Ritual of Refreshment behaves for Horde if summoned/created by an Alliance player, and vice versa.

Edited for clarification.

Comment by Aeruthus

Don't mark down a true statement, RoS and RoR can't be used by someone out of your group, so they're not like MOLL-E. SO flump said two things, one was correct, one was wrong, and Mornay corrected flump on the one that was wrong. Marking down true posts makes WoWhead just like thottbot, STOP IT.

Comment by roguedragon725

How is that portable? IT'S HUGE!

... oh wait, forgot about our "magical" backpacks >.<

Comment by roguedragon725

CAUTION: Attempting to insert the MOLL-E mailbox into the MOLL-E mailbox for postal delivery may cause (and is not limited to): Time Paradoxes, Black Holes, Atomic Detonation, Electrical Malfunctions or Death.

The Bag of Holding of mailboxes!

Comment by Kemipo

Judging by your screenshot it is true that the MOLL-E box does not look like any other mailbox, however it is not unique. That same model is used for the gnomeregan quest Essential Artificials.

Comment by Femlock

in patch 3.0.8 is theres some changesMOLL-EUse:Creates a portable mailbox for 10min.MOLL-E is not destroyed after use. (8 Hr Cooldown)"Mobile Oversized Letter and Literary Extractor"

and its blue item now no more white i submitted screenshot to

Comment by RikaiSongs

This is really useful when you have the newly formed "Mammoth gang" in your city while playing the AH. (the "Mammoth gang" has Elekks, one person Mammoth mounts, and three person mammoth mounts and will crowd all the mail boxes in one city for up to half an hour to the point where each mailbox is unusable.) You can simply activate the MOLL-E and voila! you and everyone arround you have a mailbox uncrowded by the "Mammoth gang"

Comment by Anseloth

maybe they could add some rooms (or modify old ones) so that they have mailboxes, but where players are unable to mount up.

i know that it might more than a bit extreme to modify the layout of the game just for a problem like this one, but, i think that this would pretty much solve the issue once and for all.

Comment by Caerlean

Ritual of Souls can only be used by raid members- therefore Horde couldn't use it even if there wasn't a faction barrier

Comment by smack80

Or they could just scatter extra mailboxes. All the time I see people complaining in Org about mail blocking, then I go to the other box in front of the valley of honor and presto! I get my mail.

Comment by Dwarfer

It is just like typing Google into Google. (As heard of on the IT Crowd)

Comment by BalancedBreakfas

yea you never see boxes mobbed in dalaran, cuz they're everywhere

Comment by austaph

What's truly amazing about this is that it literally gives you infinite bank and bag space. The cooldown is long, but you could mail to an alt, and then mail to yourself consumables you use while farming. Pots, food/drink, etc.

So this basically gives it a dual purpose: - Unload your full inventory - Restock items you're low on

I can't wait to get one. 390 engr

Comment by SewerUrchin

An undocumented change with today's patch (3.0.8) is that MOLL-E now has an 8hr cooldown. Very nice :)

Comment by WolfE

This item has changed in patch 3.0.8:There is now only an 8 hour cooldown (down from 1 day) and it now lasts 10 minutes (up from 5 minutes).

Comment by sorcerer25

it is NOTHING similarthose 2 (mage and warlock created) CANNOT BE USED BY EVERYONE IN THE SAME FACTION ! only by someone IN THE SAME GROUP OR RAID WITH THE CREATOR !

so for those wondering ... YOU CONFUSED THEM SOME MORE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH !

Comment by Nanika

There was a short lived bug with this where people could send any item to any character from a Moll-E mailbox, allowing low level alts to receive ridiculously high level items and use them provided they had no level requirement (pretty much all quest gear). Was patched within a few hours, but made it live long enough for people to apparently discover it and exploit it.

Comment by PetRiLJoe

Wow chill out rambaral you have been here since day 1. Big deal! He was just pointing out that it's useful. If you want to get your mail or recieve mail and GO OUT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS it's useful for those blocking the mail. He didn't mean that you are supposed to try to "SAVE STORMWIND" and help EVERYONE recieve mail. You can just open it up in a secluded area if you like where they won't see you and get your mail and go about your business. It only lasts ten minutes anyway so it's not like he would lose his spot on the main or ask another mount to go run and sit on it for ten minutes. Geez

-PetRiLJoe

Comment by Ketho

How to make $$$ as an Engineer during Lunar Festival1) Pop MOLL-E (There's no mailbox in Moonglade)2) Buy Elune's Candle (unique)3) Mail Elune's Candle to (bank) alt4) Repeat 2&35) Wait some time after Lunar Festival is over ...6) PROFIT !

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Comment by lemmywinks

Unfortunately, "significant" is a very loose term when used by Blizzard. A 10% difference can be "significant" to them, or even less. I'd say they would shave off no less than one hour, but I'd be shocked if the CD was any shorter than four hours.

Considering that the original CD was 24 hours, they clearly have a love/hate relationship with this item. It looks like the only reason they're reducing it is because the new squires will have a mailbox with an 8-hour CD (plus a bank).

Edit: Don't know why I'm getting downvoted. They're reducing it to four hours, which is right within my estimation...

Comment by Teldarsterallnes

i do! it would be more useful during raids. particuly long ones like Naxx and Ulduar

Comment by nuketehguke

1 hour would be great. 8 hrs is a bit excessive. I know they are also changing the transporters so they are items instead of trinkets, while this cuts down on the trinket c/d, it would be nice if they brought the c/d to 1 hr as well...

Comment by Ketho

Yes, if u log off and then log in again it stays. Logged out for 10min and it still was there after i logged in

Comment by Breck

Just checked it out on the PTR, it's down to 4 hours.

Comment by Kratfrotz

So I copied my character just to check the new cooldown.It's now 4 hours.

Comment by Kratfrotz

Comment by Coobra

Since the new squire mount addition being made in 3.2 has a 4hour cd... That will most likely be the new cd for this as well.

Comment by altiara

Looks like it'll be 4 hours.

Comment by Azaram

And in 3.2...* Significantly reduced the cooldown on MOLL-E.

'Significantly' in this case, meaning halved it; it's now 4 hours on the PTR.

Comment by ninjatude

Ah, Some people were saying this is a unique model:

It isn't. The same model can be found as a quest object in Gnomeregan.

Comment by LoqueNahak

I still think 4 hours is too much. They put it on 24h cooldown, then 8... now (3.2) will be 4. What's the point of dropping a mailbox tool if you can use it every 4 hours? I understand they want us to visit capitals but 1 hour would be more than enough.

Comment by Alcest

Agreed.

Though I do like some of the changes... Jeeves, another 2 hour cooldown *though it was SUPPOSED to be a 1 hour originally...* also has a bank usage, so we actually have a 2 hour and 4 hour cd. not too bad i suppose...

We also finally get to rechange our specialization! All those poor gnomish engineers get to go goblin now to level up super easy *the one item you get as goblin is soooo inexpensive and great to level up. i think it's still orange at 450 and you learn it at about 420 or so!*

Comment by Alcest

On live, MOLL-E is actually a 2 hour cooldown :O

Comment by BrerLapin

2 hours now.

Comment by Neko42

Just made one on the live server, and the cooldown's down to 2 hours now. Woo-hoo!

Comment by Wanderingfox

Comment by nevan8817

One of my alts is an 80 rogue with engineering. I was making a new character, and the last thing I wanted was to run to TB to get my heirloom items in the mail or whatever the nearest mailbox is. So I ran to the starting area, dropped the mailbox, and then logged on my level one and got my heirloom items. Saved me some time with those pesky level 6 wolves.

Comment by AlmightyTallest

Another anti "Mammoth gang" strategy I've been told about is to chuck a Baby Spice (http://www.wowhead.com/?item=44228) at the aforementioned mammoth, thusly making it small enough to not completely block the mailbox =)

Comment by IDUnavailable

Since we all know Blizzard needs to buff Engineering even more, they should make MOLL-E periodically send out a pulse that knocks everyone back a few yards.

You know why. Damn Tauren and their mammoths. I put one down in Grizzly Hills the other day while doing the PvP dailies there, and one came up attempted to smother it. You'd think mailboxes in not-Dalaran would be safe, but no.

NOWHERE IS SAFE.

Comment by matoh

MOLL-ERequires Engineering (425)

Use: Creates a portable mailbox. Also summon Mammoth-riding Taurens out of nowhere to block that mailbox. (2 Hours Cooldown)

Comment by Oskj

With this, Jeeves and Wormhole all we need now is a portable auction house and engineers can make their own city...or why not an island.

Comment by Gamz

If u have 2 of these, do they share cd's ?

Comment by cjm336

Someone already mentioned this, but i figured i would link MOLLE in its more professional term to help others realize what he was talking about.

Comment by Todiefor

Check the huge fan at the front. MOLL-E must be processing a lot of "hotmail"... ;)

Comment by Todiefor

Must be processing a lot of "HotMail" , looking at the large fan!

Comment by Todiefor

Dude 1: "Why are fans installed on a mailbox? oO"

Dude 2: "Hotmail."

Comment by dingbot1

It's now bind on use, rather than non-binding.

Comment by rhinoloupe

As of patch 4.0.1, this binds when used.

Comment by Baremyteeth

A gnome fits inside.

Comment by Sleuth

Now "Binds on Use" as of patch 4.0.1.

Others have said this below; repeated here for clarity.

Comment by parazyte

Like sharing a joint with your bro's...

Comment by injunuity

when summoning your MOLL-E, don't bring it out on a boat, wait before you get on, or after you get to your destination. it disappears similar to when you're mounted and it zones from where it's leaving. ie; SW to NR, and it's CD doesn't reset. don't know if anyone tried this, i just found out the hard way :x

Comment by epickalle

MOLL-E IS EPIC

Comment by Zeltchoron

So,

Does this item require 425 Engineering to USE, or to BUILD

Comment by PetRiLJoe

Reposted for bump. The downrate system shall not defeat me.Thumbs up if you like kittens.

Wow chill out rambaral you have been here since day 1. Big deal! He was just pointing out that it's useful. If you want to get your mail or recieve mail and GO OUT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS it's useful for those blocking the mail. He didn't mean that you are supposed to try to "SAVE STORMWIND" and help EVERYONE recieve mail. You can just open it up in a secluded area if you like where they won't see you and get your mail and go about your business. It only lasts ten minutes anyway so it's not like he would lose his spot on the main or ask another mount to go run and sit on it for ten minutes. Geez

Comment by Huennin

Now has a 1-hour cooldown!

Comment by Beastpug

Heres something to get your friends to have a quick laugh1. Send MOLL-E as a gift to a friend2. Attach a note say "You dawg i heard you like mailboxes so I put a mailbox in your mailbox"

Comment by Pringlos

I am not sure if it's intentional, but it appears that MOLL-E can be used mid-air. I just managed to create a floating mailbox high up in the sky of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.